Anne Diamond looks at the work carried out by scientists at the Home Office West Midlands Forensic Science Laboratory in Gooch Street, Birmingham and at the private International Consulting Laboratory Services at Nechells in the city.
Shots of a forensic expert taking fingerprints at a house. Views inside both laboratories including samples of fibres being taken, the testing of knives, close up shot of blood sample in test tube and tube being filled with liquid from a pipette and electronic equipment being used. Fibre of a sweater seen through a microscope. Interview with Doctor Tony Ellis of ICLS about his work and how it differs from the fiction seen on television.
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